Ornamental candle



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Patented June 21, 1932 UNITED STATES PATE.

RICHARD S. MCCLAUGHBY AN D ROSE SKOWRON SKI, OF WRITING, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS TO STANDARD OIL COMPANY, OF WRITING, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF- INDIANA ommmmrmr. cammn This invention relates to an improvement in ornamental candles, and will be fully understood from the following description, illustrated by the accom anying drawing in which a candle produced in accordance with the present invention is shown.

The object of the invention is to apply a contrasting coating of any of the metallic bronzes to a candle by dipping.

invention is preferably carried out 'with an ordinary paraffin wax candle, the surface of which is roughened, for example, by irregular scales of Montan or carnauba wax as described in Patents 1,520,541 to Glair and Bransky and 1,641,729130 Brinker.

carrying out the invention the candle previously provided with an irregularly roughened surface, preferably of irregular scales-as shown in the Glair et al. patent supra, is momentarily submerged in the molten dip, withdrawn vertically, and cooled, the dip forming a superficial coating on the roughened surface of the candle. The dip consists of a free flowing, low melting point wax containing a metallic pigment, e.

aluminum or bronze powder. mixture, for example, is one consisting of from 40 to 50% of spermacetti wax and 50 to 60% of stearic acid with about 4 ounces 80 of aluminum bronze to the gallon. This invention is not limited to the use of metallic aluminum pigment since copper, bronze, gold or other metallic pigments may be employed, and bronze would 've an attractive surface in climates where 1t would not tarnish. Wax of the dip is preferably colorless or white, but may be dyed if desired.

Upon cooling, after dipping in the com- A satisfactory position contaimng metallic bronze above re-- 49 e rred' to, this coating tends to collect in relatively thick deposits upon the protruding scale-like inorustations of the roughened surface. The effect of the crystalline deposits from the stearic acid together with the contrasting bronze coating is very pleasing.

Thus, as shown on the drawing, wherein the single figure illustrates a candle produced in accordance'with the present invention, the numeral 1 indicates the candle and the numeral 2 the irregular scales formed thereon,

g. crevice-like irregularities thereof, said coatfor example, by the method of the Glair et al. patent supra. The wax containing the metallic pigments, such as aluminum powder (chosen for purposes of illustration by reason of its light color), collects and congeals in crevices and at irregularities formed by and on the rough coating on the candle, and indicated at the lightened portions marked 3 on the candle of the figure.

It is readily apparent that other contrasting pigments may be employed in place of the metallic pigments hereinbefore referred to.

We claim: I

1. An ornamented candle having an irregularly roughened surface having crevicelike irregularities, and a contrasting coating superimposed thereon and collected in the said crevice-like irregularities thereof, said coating comprising a free-flowing wax and a pigment.

2. An ornamented candle having an irregularly roughened surface having crevice-like irregularities and a contrasting coating superimposed'thereon and collected in the said 78 ing comprising a low melting-point wax, and a metallic powder. r p i 3. An ornamented candle having an irregularly roughened surface having crevice-like irregularities and a contrasting coating superimposed thereon and collected in the said crevice-like irregularities thereof, said coating consisting of 40 to of spermacetti wax, 50 to of stearic acid and 4 ounces of metallic powder to a gallon of the mixture. 4 4. The method of ornamenting a candle Y which comprises providing an irregular surface thereon the irregularities being crevicehke and formed by unevenly disposed projecting i'ncrustations, and dipping said candle into a free-flowing wax mixture containing a contrasting pigment and removing the candle vertically therefrom, whereby the pigment containing it collects unevenly in the said crevice-like irregularities on the surface of said candle.

5. The method of ornamenting a candle with a metallic pigment, which com rises providing thereon an irre arly roug ened surface having crevice-like irregularities formed by projecting incrustations, thereafter applying superficially thereto a molten coating of free-flowing wax, containing metallic powder pigment, allowing the coating to collect in the said crevice-like irregularities on the candle, and cooling the candle.

6. The method of ornamenting a candle with aluminum bronze powder, which consists in providing thereon an irregularly roughened surface having crevice-like irregularities formed by projecting incrustations formed thereon, thereafter applying thereto a superficial coating consisting of a mixture of spermacetti Wax, stearic acid, and aluminum bronze powder, and cooling the said coating while it is accumulated in relatively thick deposits in crevice-like irregularities formed by the projecting incrustations of the roughened surface, thereby giving local deposits of a contrasting color.

7. The method of ornamenting a candle with aluminum bronze powder, which consists in providing thereon an irregularly roughened surface having crevice-like irregularities formed by projecting incrustations formed thereon, thereafter applying thereto a superficial coating of 4,0 to 50% spermacetti wax, 50 to 60% of stearic acid, and 1 ounces of aluminum bronze powder to a gallon of the mixture, and coolingthe candle, said coating settling in relatively thick deposits in crevice-like irregularities formed by the projecting, incrustations of the roughened surface and thereby giving local deposits of a contrasting coloring.

RICHARD S. MGCLAUGHRY. ROSE SKOWRONSKI. 

